Facebook buying Skype?

[thewayne]

I hope it doesn't happen, as do lots of Europeans because of FB's horrible track record on privacy, most of which would probably be against EU regulations. It's a pretty nebulous rumor, they could simply talk about integration so that FB users could easily produce voice/video chats. Google is also rumored to be interested in buying Skype.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/rumor-facebook-wants-to-buy-skype/1354

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/05/122218/Facebook-Wants-To-Buy-Skype

Comments

[kylejcrb.livejournal.com]

Well, if someone has to buy Skype, I'd much prefer it in the hands of Google over Facebook.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Absolutely agreed. Google isn't very evil, FB just doesn't care.

[silveradept]

Oook. That's not good. I like Skype, but I avoid FB because it's a plague. Hopefully it's a rumor. Or, if I must deal with an evil empire, I'd rather it be Google.